I enjoy making educational products students can use independently for lessons, centers and research. My goal is to provide teachers with Ready To Go products that save or provide teachers precious TIME. I have decades of experience as a classroom teacher, Resource Teacher and elementary Media Specialist.
I enjoy making educational products students can use independently for lessons, centers and research. My goal is to provide teachers with Ready To Go products that save or provide teachers precious TIME. I have decades of experience as a classroom teacher, Resource Teacher and elementary Media Specialist.
This is a Bundle of resources that you can use with the following picture books for Thanksgiving: Turkey Trouble, 'Twas the Night before THANKSGIVING, A Turkey for Thanksgiving, and Turk and Runt.
**Product 1: **Here are some Activity Sheets to use after reading Turkey Trouble by Wendy Silvano.
Comprehension Sheet - This sheet asks students to draw and write about their favorite part and answer some questions related to story. Answer Key is included. It asks students to: ✸ draw their favorite part ✸ write some onomatopoeia words ✸ define the word “disguise” ✸ and answer some questions.
Venn Diagram - a page where the students Compare and Contrast turkeys to whatever they want.
Story Map #1 - Students use words and/or pictures to fill in the characters, setting, problem and solution of the story.
Story Map #2 - Students use words and/or pictures to fill in the characters, setting, beginning, middle, end, and moral of the story.
Product 2: Here are 2 Activity Sheets to use after reading 'Twas the Night Before THANKSGIVING.
✹ Activity Sheet #1 asks them to draw their favorite part, identify words that rhyme with hay, define the word feasted, and answer some questions.
✹ Activity Sheet #2 is a Missing Poster. Students fill in the blanks and draw the missing turkey.
✹ Activity Sheet #3 is a Story Map. Students fill in the characters, setting, problem and solution.
Product 3: Here are some Activity Sheets to use after reading A Turkey for Thanksgiving by Eve Bunting.
✹ Activity Sheet #1 Comprehension Sheet - This sheet asks students to draw their favorite part, write their favorite Thanksgiving foods, define the word “bellow”, answer some questions, and write about their favorite holiday memory on the back. An Answer Key is included for this sheet.
✹ Activity Sheet #2 Compare and Contrast- This page asks students to compare and contrast a real moose to a make believe moose.
✹ Activity Sheet #3 Story Maps - 3 Story Maps to choose from.
a. characters, setting, beginning, middle, end
b. characters, setting, beginning, middle, end, moral of the story
c. characters, setting, problem, solution
✹ Activity Sheet #4 Bonus Research a Moose Page - Students are asked to research about moose.
Product 4: Here are some Activity Sheets to use after reading the book, Turk and Runt, by Lisa Wheeler.
✹ Activity Sheet #1 asks them to draw their favorite part, write six action verbs, define the word audition, answer some questions and write a letter to Runt’s parents on the back explaining why they should listen to him.
✹ Activity Sheet #2 is a Compare & Contrast activity. Students compare Turk and Runt.
✹ Activity Sheets #3 Story Maps - 3 Story Maps to choose from.
a. characters, setting, beginning, middle, end
b. characters, setting, beginning, middle, end, moral of the story
c. characters, setting, problem, solution
✹ Activity Sheets #4 Bonus Turkey Research Activity Sheets. One uses a Farm turkey theme and the other uses a Wild turkey theme.
This guided Famous Artists Bio Poem Activity and Writing Papers Set (writing papers come in both Letter, Legal, Color and B&W variations!) is a great research and poetry writing activity for a lesson, literacy or poetry center or even your substitute file! Or, use the Writing Papers for your own writing activity or prompt!
It includes pages for 33 people from history to walk your students through the writing process. It also includes Example Pages to show them what a completed rough draft and final copy may look like.
This poem has a biographical research slant to it. Students are asked to research the person and find the following information:
First and Last Name
3-4 words that describe the person
an important relationship the person had
things the person enjoyed
things the person valued
things the person learned
things the person achieved
something the person is remembered for
where the person lived
date of birth and death
Please see the Preview slide for people included in this set.
This resource includes the following options for EACH person in the set:
Graphic Organizer guides students to brainstorm words and ideas they will need for the poem as they read and study about the person.
Draft page. This page guides students to fill in each line. Then, they do a spell check with each other and you.
2 Final Draft Writing Pages - LETTER Sized (8.5" x 11") Color and B&W Clip Art versions. Students write the final draft of their entire poem.
2 Final Draft Writing Pages - LEGAL Sized (8.5" x 14") Color and B&W Clip Art versions. Great for students with larger handwriting or who need more space! Students write the final draft of their entire poem.
It also includes the following:
Description of the Files in the Bundle Page
Table of Contents
List of People in this Bundle in the form of a Check Off Sheet for Teacher Use Use as a sheet to assign students and check off each part of the project. I pop these on a clip board to mark for the duration of the project. I check off Org. (graphic organizer), R.D. (rough draft), and Final (published piece) as students complete each part. This way, I know where in the process each student is at and can plan accordingly.
Teacher Example of the Rough Draft Page. Abraham Lincoln is used on this example page.
Teacher Example of the Final Draft Page. Abraham Lincoln is used on this example pages. (Typed and handwritten versions.)
BONUS Pages! I’ve included Generic Graphic Organizer, Draft Page and Publishing Pages that have no clip art. Use these for students who want to research a person not in this Bundle.
Additional PDFs of just Legal Writing Pages and just Letter Writing Pages allows you to print the Writing Pages by themselves easily.
These 11 Fruit Dabber Activity worksheets are a great way to help your students with their fine motor, counting, one-to-one recognition, vocabulary and letter recognition. Students use the BINGO Dauber, or dot markers, to press down on each circle just like BINGO players do.
Alternatively, if you do not have BINGO daubers, you can use manipulatives to cover the dots like pom poms and stickers (garage sale circle stickers are fun). Or even let those little fingers dip into paint!!
11 Pictures currently in this Fruit set include:
apple
banana
blueberries
orange
pear
watermelon
plums
strawberries
peach
grapes
lemon
**Here are some Activity Sheets to use after reading Turkey Trouble by Wendy Silvano: a Comprehension Sheet, 2 Story Maps, an Easy Word Search and multiple Compare and Contrast activities. **Just Print and Go! Great for your Substitute file.
Comprehension Sheet – This sheet asks students to draw and write about their favorite part and answer some questions related to story. Answer Key is included.
It asks students to: *draw their favorite part *write some onomatopoeia words * define the word “disguise” *and answer some questions.
Venn Diagram – Students Compare and Contrast turkeys to the other farm animals on these sheets: cow, pig, rooster, sheep and horse. And, one Generic Page they can input whatever they want.
Story Map #1 – Students use words and/or pictures to fill in the characters, setting, problem and solution of the story.
Story Map #2 – Students use words and/or pictures to fill in the characters, setting, beginning, middle, end, and moral of the story.
Easy Word Search - Words only across and down. Comes in Color and B&W reproducible. Answer Key included.
Great option to leave for a substitute along with the book!
Simply Print & Go!
My elementary students love the Knuffle Bunny series, so we decided to use the illustrative technique ourselves.
In this packet you will get directions for the activity and two full-sized playground pictures ready to photocopy in black and white. The students make colorful cartoon characters to put into the setting and tell a story about their illustration.
I've included a scan of the reproducible I purposely drew by hand for the students. This took the fear of drawing out of the activity. Many even came up and added more to the projected copy for the class to see!
Main directions are in PDF and the pictures are in a PowerPoint file.
